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Two of those came in succession as he sprawled out to push Danny Wright’s whipped effort out, and then stopped Eisa’s pointblank follow-up for good measure.

The action died down somewhat after that, efforts from Jordan Forster, Lucas and a Marvin Morgan cross-shot no trouble for either keeper.

The Robins’ Jerell Sellars put one right down Cafer’s throat and Nigel Atananga scythed one well over, before Nick McCootie put Cheltenham hearts in mouths.

He jinked past a defender and crossed low and hard from the right, with Forster forced to clear behind from under his crossbar.

From the corner, however, Town broke. The pacy Sellars shuffled his way right and left past the Romans defence but pulled a tame effort wide.

Bath City's home ground of Twerton Park (Image: Henry Burridge)

Cafer made up for his own half-error when he came out for a long, looping cross before turning back and having to stop Wright’s downward header with an outstretched boot.

Neat build-up play from Anthony Straker and Morgan allowed Andy Watkins to slip an intricate through ball behind for Lucas, who drove low across the face of goal from a tight angle.

The offside flag spared Atkinson’s blushes back at the other end, when his fluffed header looked to have sent Eisa charging in one-on-one with Cafer.

It took less than a minute of the second half for City to get on the front foot as Jarvis nodded a Straker cross past the post, shortly followed by Eisa drilling a first-time effort wide for Cheltenham.

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Yet it still required an heroic piece of defending to earn City the win. A long throw from Dan O’Shaughnessy bounced through for Forster to loop towards the far post, where Straker was on hand to hook clear.